A community meeting is planned for Templeneiry Church in Bansha next week to consider establishing a local Community First Responder team.
The meeting is being rescheduled from tomorrow to April 10th as one of the key speakers had to travel abroad due to a bereavement.
The meeting on April 10th will hear a presentation from the Community First responder co-coordinator with the National Ambulance Service and a member of Newcastle’s First Responder group will also be in attendance.
If the community decides to proceed full training will be provided for those taking up a role as community first responder.
The role involves responding to a medical emergency situation locally following an alert from the National Ambulance Service even though an ambulance is being despatched to the location.
Their aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives.
Their role is to help stabilise the patient and provide the appropriate care including CPR & defibrillation, until the more highly skilled ambulance crew arrives on scene to take over the treatment.
The event in Bansha is being organised by Ms Helen Morrissey.
General information about becoming a Community First Responder is available on the website BecomeaCFR.ie website at this link here.
